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By Deniene Husted
Dos Lagos, in Corona, Calif., is a 543-acre, highly integrated,
pedestrian-oriented community that blends a variety of land uses in a dynamic
and self-sustaining environment. The Dos Lagos master developer, SE Corp.,
planned the mixed-use community to reclaim the former Owens Illinois silica and
sand mining site.
Active mining of the site from 1940 to 1973, and its abandonment one year prior
to federal adoption of the Mining and Reclamation Act, resulted in a grossly
disturbed site with cuts, alterations and significantly altered original
topography throughout. Years of excessive and illegal dumping resulted in
further degradation and blight. Public hazards included trespassing, and annual flooding conditions and road
closures from sedimentation.
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